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When long-distance creates an idealized version of your relationship

I think I am more in love with the version of our relationship that exists in text messages than I am with who we actually are together in person.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Written communication can become a curated performance that bears little resemblance to the messy reality of shared life.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Long-distance love?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.